//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: A Guarding Light // by LakieLegion //------------------------------// "Princess, can you tell me a story?" "Of course Twilight, and I have the perfect story for you" ----------------- Once upon a time, in the distant past, there was a warrior. He was known as the Guardian. The Guardian appeared out of nowhere, a bipedal creature wearing full armor, wielding weapons of powerful magic, and with a companion, known simply as Ghost. When the Guardian first appeared, ponies were frightened of him, as he had defeated a great dragon that threatened all of Equestria single handedly. However, there were five ponies whom were not afraid of him. The first, was a unicorn named Chocolate Swirl, he was the son of Starswirl the Bearded and was extremely talented in the art of chaos magic. Chocolate approached the Guardian and offered him a stick of cotton candy and a glass of chocolate milk. The Guardian accepted the gift from the eccentric colt, and the two quickly hit it off, becoming fast friends. Chocolate Swirl's friends quickly came up to the pair and introduced themselves to the Guardian. Their names were Luna Evermore, the Princess of the Moon, Chrysalis Cocoon, princess of the Changeling Hives, Sombra Dusk of the Crystal Empire and Celestia Evermore, Princess of the Sun. That's you Princess! Hmhmhm, yes, I was friends with the Guardian, Twilight. Now, to continue my story. The six quickly became good friends. However, the Guardian's five friends eventually had to go their separate ways. Chocolate furthered his studies in chaotic energies, Chrysalis became Queen of a hive, Sombra continued his studies in Crystalmancy and finally, my Sister and I had to take the throne of Equestria. Many years passed while the Guardian protected Equestria from Dragons and other nasty things. However, all good things must come to an end. Creatures of the Darkness arrived, ready to snuff out the Light of all of Equestria. They came wielding weapons to rival the Guardian's own. And the Guardian fought them, all by himself. The fighting stopped after a few years. However, nothing was heard from the Guardian again. It is said he fell fighting the minions of the Darkness after preventing them from ever returning. The Guardian faded into myth, and then legend. To this day, the only pony to know that he is not a simple story, is myself. ------------------- A slight wind whipped around the Canterlot Castle gardens, forcing the Guards stationed there to stay alert with the chill it carried with it. The two guards did not wear their traditional armor this night, swapping it for winter coats. there were two of them stationed there this night. "Do you ever wonder why we're here?" the first one asked his partner, he was an orange coated pegasus. "Well..." started the second, whom was a maroon unicorn. "No" stated the first. "Don't start that again, you know exactly what I mean Simmons." The maroon unicorn, Simmons, frowned at his partner before speaking again. "Grif, I was going to say that I don't know why the princess posted us in the gardens" Simmons said, shooting a glare at his partner. "Oh..." said the orange pegasus, Grif. The two stood there in silence for another minute before Grif spoke again. "Y'know, that statue looks really weird, I wonder why the Princess keeps it here?" he asked, Simmons shrugged. "Dunno, apparently it's a memorial" he said before looking at the moon, calculating the time. "C'mon, I think our shift is over" Simmons said, opening the door to go back inside. Grif instantly smiled. "Finally! I though we would never go back inside!" he exclaimed before walking inside next to his partner. The slight breeze caused a leaf to fall on the memorial statue the two spoke about. It was a marble statue of a bipedal warrior wearing full armor in a heroic pose. It held in it's hand an object that very few ponies would know the name of, but t'was a powerful weapon. By it's shoulder, suspended by a small pillar of clear glass, was a floating magical construct. Etched on the base of the statue were a series of words In honor of the Guardian and his Ghost, they protected Equestria from the Darkness, wielding only their Light -----Years Later, 1AT (After Tirek)----- Somewhere, deep underneath the Everfree forest sat a stone statue. It was a bipedal warrior, clad in armor, in a pose that spoke of a warrior fighting for his life from a dangerous foe. The stone cracked slightly, and a bright light burst forth.